“I give you the desert chameleon, whose ability to blend itself into the background tells you all you need to know about the roots of ecology and the foundations of a personal identity.”
-Book of Diatribes
from the Hayt Chronicle

Frank Herbert

The other lesson is political: the accalmation to the politik of East Germany. The ability to hold to five or six unconfirmed theories until confirmation. The ability to
unassume correctly.